This is an old case, with the defendants initially busted a decade ago. In fact, IIRC it was the first case of a Federal bust of a California medical marijuana dispensary. Moreover, it looks pretty clear from the court records that the Feds didn't bust them so much for the dispensary, though that played into it, but for the alleged shipment of marijuana by Dale.

Word to the wise...the Feds still consider growing more than 100 plants to be a very serious offense, and they do not respect any State's medical marijuana laws when you're accused of breaking that barrier. Don't do it!
StoneMeadow Reviewed by StoneMeadow on . Federal Guidelines...A Tale of Caution Hi everyone: I wanted to warn all of you who grow in medical states, like CAlifornia. My wife and I, were charged by the feds for growing, also called manufacturing in fed language. The prosecuter added up all the plants I grew over a 3 year period to get the numbers over 100. As you should know, 100 plants in fed land means 60 months in fed prison under the minimum mandatory sentencing rules. My wife and I have to surrender on May 2, 2011 to start serving a 60 month sentence in federal Rating: 5